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BLINDER 0R WINKER FOR BRIDLES.

No. 311,562. Patented. F eb 3, 18 85.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNlTED h'ra'rns Parent Oriana,

WILLIAM W. BEACH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO DAVID It. MORSE, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y., AND RANDOLPH M. STELLE, OF PLAINFIELD, N. J.

BLENDER OR WINKER FOR BRiDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,562, dated February 3, 1885.

(No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM XV. Baron, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain Improvements in Blinders or Vinkers for Headstalls, Bridles, &e.,

of which the following is a specification.

. The blinder or winker for harness in ordinary use is composed of leather or other solid material, and,when in place upon the horses to head and in the usual position with reference to the eyes of the animal, acts as a deflector, directing currents of air into the eyes of the animal, which impinge upon the eyes and are more or less productive of harm, and, furthermore, produce even greater mischief by carrying dust and other injurious particles into the eyes.

The object of my invention is to provide a blinder or winker of novel construction which will serve all the purposes of the ordinary blinder or winker, and at the same time permit the currents of air to pass through the blinder or winker, thereby obviating the dangers incident to common blinders or winkers,

as hereinbefore explained, my said invention being, moreover, by slight modifications, capable of being employed as a protector over the eyes of the animal, permitting sufficient sight or vision therethrough for the wants of the animal, and at the same time preventing the access of strong currents of air and particles of dust and other injurious material to the eyes. My said invention comprises certain novel means, hereinafter particularized 3 5 in the claim, whereby said objects are effectually secured.

Figure l is a side view and partial sectional view of the blinder or winker made according to my said invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse 4o sectional view taken in the line a: w of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on a greatlyenlarged scale, illustratin the manner in which the circumferential portions of the foraminated material is embedded and secured within the cast metal of which the rim or frame of the device is formed; and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view illustrating the method by which it is intended to manufacture a blinder or winker according to my said invention.

A is a piece orsheet of foraminated material, preferably of wire-cloth, which may be of any desired mesh or character. In place of wire cloth, and as an equivalent there of, perforated sheet metal may be used. It is intended that the foraminated material, whether of wire-cloth or perforated sheet metal, shall be of such character that currents of air may pass readily through the same and carry therewith particles of dust or grit that may be borne upon or with the said air-currents.

B is the rim or frame, which is fixed upon and around the circumference of the piece or sheet A. This rim may be of brass or of any other suitable metal, and is cast direct upon the edge or circumferential portion of the piece or sheet A, so that the metal passes through the openings or meshes of the foraminated material of said piece or sheet and solidifies therein, thereby causing said foraminated material to be firmly embedded in and secured to the said rim or frame B.

The operation of casting the rim upon the piece or sheet Amay be performed by the use of any suitably-constructed moldsas, for example, one constructed according to the principle illustrated in Fig. 4. In this the mold O is constructed of upper and lower portions,

a b, and is of an angular form, substantially corresponding in shape to the circumference of the piece or sheet A, and of such size that the said piece or sheet A may be laid upon the lower part, b, of the mold,with its edges projecting into the cavity b thereof, which done, the upper portion, a, of said mold is placed upon the lower portion, 1), aforesaid, with its cavity a coincident with the cavity b of the said lower portion, Z), thereby inclosing the circumferential portion 0 of the piece or sheet A within the cavity formed jointly by the cavities at b. It is of course to be understood that these cavities extend around and inclose, as aforesaid, the circumference of the piece or sheet A, to which the rim or frame B is to be provided. The molten metal is poured into the moldthat is to say, into the joint cavity a b-as, for example, through an opening, (I, the fluid metal being thereby cast direct upon the piece or sheet A, and after cooling to a solid condition the said sheet,with the rim or frame thus formed thereon, may be removed from the mold. The mold may be of any other 1 suitable construction when preferred.

The blinder or winker as thus constructed may be attached to the headstall or bridle by any suitable meansas, for example, by straps D, answering to those of the ordinary blinder or winker, and attached in place by rivets a or by any other suitable means. The rim B may be of any suitable width and diameter, and the sheet A may be of any required size or of any desired circumferential configuration.

WVhat I claim as my invention is As an improved article of manufacture, a i 5 blinder or winker for headstalls or bridles, of a foraminated piece or sheet, A, and a castmetal rim, B, the sides of which are integrally connected through the meshes of said foraminated material, all substantially as and for the 20 GUNVALD AAS, JOHN H. FISHER. 

